A Cypriot Bichrome Ware Pottery Amphora , Cypro-Archaic, circa 750-475 B.C.

with low foot-ring, pyriform body, twin stirrup handles, and tall slightly flaring neck with offset rounded rim, the body painted with encircling bands and six columns of concentric circles, the neck decorated with alternating red bands and rows of concentric circles, each handle with long freely-painted extensions below.

given to Mrs. Duke by Archbishop Makarios, President of Cyprus, on a visit to the United States and a meeting with President Kennedy in 1962; at that time Mrs. Duke's husband, Ambassador Angier Biddle Duke, was Chief of Protocol, Department of State